VAN CENTRE BOOSTS ITS SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

A Milton Keynes Van Centre has appointed an aftersales expert to head up its commercial vehicle servicing division.

Local man, Sean Bonner has accepted the role of aftersales manager at Wayside Volkswagen Van Centre, in Bletchley.

The 30-year-old started in the motor trade as a parts technician in 1999, before moving into general aftersales where his career quickly progressed to more senior roles.

Sean has developed his knowledge and expertise having worked within various servicing roles for leading automotive brands, before joining Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in January this year.

Delivering high standards of service and expertise for commercial vehicle customers has been a focus for Wayside since its management restructure last summer.

Speaking of his new role at Wayside Van Centre, Sean said: “I’m delighted to be part of a friendly and professional team that is dedicated to providing the best customer service.

“My initial priority is getting to know the team and understand the needs of all of our customers.”

Duncan Sands, Head of Business at Wayside Van Centre, said: “We are delighted to welcome Sean to the team and believe his enthusiasm and expertise will help strengthen business enormously.”

For more information on the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles range, visit Wayside Van Centre on Bilton Road in Bletchley, or call 01908 366300.

Sparkling finish for Wayside Van Centre

A commercial dishwasher supplier has turned to a Bletchley Volkswagen Van Centre to meet its fleet needs in a deal worth over a million pounds*.

Wayside Van Centre is celebrating its latest business win which sees dishwashing specialist, Winterhalter, convert its entire fleet of service vehicles to Volkswagen vans.

Based in Milton Keynes, Winterhalter designs and manufactures commercial dishwashing systems for the catering and hospitality industry.

Its new Volkswagen fleet consists of Transporter, Caddy Maxi and Crafter vans which will be used to provide a national network for its servicing operations.

“We operate a 96 per cent first time fix service for our customers so vehicle reliability was very important in our purchasing decision,” says Winterhalter’s Operations Director, Jason Mackay.

“As a German manufacturer we were pleased to find a German vehicle brand that could meet our standards.

“The Volkswagen range has provided us with greater flexibility as the more compact Caddy Maxi model has helped ease city commuting.

“The servicing team are very happy with the vehicle replacement programme and we have been very pleased with efficient service from the Wayside team,” he continued.

Paul Robertson, Fleet Sales Manager at Wayside Van Centre added: “The deal presently includes 47 vehicles. We are very pleased to be working with a local business and look forward to progressing our new relationship.”

For more information from the Wayside Van Centre or the new Transporter, visit http://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/van-centres/wayside/, call into the Van Centre on Bilton Road, Bletchley, or phone 01908 366300.

VAN CENTRE SERCURES £600,000 DEAL WITH MIELE

A Milton Keynes Van Centre has secured a major contract for its new Volkswagen Transporters in a deal worth over £600,000.

Wayside Van Centre is supplying the premium German electrical appliance manufacturer, Miele, with the new Transporter vans as part of its ongoing vehicle replacement programme.

Miele supplies a comprehensive range of high quality domestic electrical appliances, and has a fleet of 110 distinctive bright red vans used by its highly qualified technicians across the UK.

Miele Project Services Manager , Tony Stephens, said: “We required a fleet that was reliable and one that could meet the growing needs of our business. The Volkswagen van range has always been popular with our technicians so we were very pleased to progress to the new and more refined Transporter range.
“In addition to the quality and service we are very pleased with the consistently strong resale value of the vehicles.”

The stylish new Volkswagen Transporter launched earlier this year is quieter and more economical thanks to a new common rail, 2.0-litre TDI engine and cleaner Euro5 emissions, plus additional new safety features as standard on all models. Making the already popular van range more appealing for commercial vehicle operators.

Paul Robertson, Fleet Sales Manager at Wayside Van Centre added: “We are delighted to be working with Miele.

“The arrival of the new Transporter continues to elevate the range keeping it at the forefront of the light commercial technology - not bad for a vehicle that is celebrating its 60th birthday this year.”

For more information from the Wayside Van Centre or the new Transporter on Bilton Road, Bletchley, phone 01908 366300.

For further information please contact Sue Foster on 01902 714957 or email sue@connect-group.com

WAYSIDE TRANSPORTS MOVIE ICONS TO THE ROAD

Movie fans may be mistaken in thinking the premiere of the film version of the 80’s TV series, The A Team, has come early as the famous black and red striped van takes to the streets of Milton Keynes.

The enduring iconic van will join two other TV classic vehicles as Wayside Van Centre marks the arrival of the new Volkswagen Transporter range.

The Bletchley-based Volkswagen Van Centre will transform its new Transporter courtesy fleet by recreating the bright orange General Lee from the Dukes of Hazzard and the Starsky and Hutch red and white Gran Torino, in addition to The A Team van.

Inspired by Wayside’s aftersales manager, Buck Rogers, the memorable vans are aimed at bringing a smile to the faces of the residents of Milton Keynes as Duncan Sands, Wayside’s Head of Business explains.

“The stylish new Volkswagen Transporter range is quieter and more economical with the Euro5 common rail TDI engines, but we wanted to make lots of noise about its arrival.

“Recreating the distinctive brightly coloured classic 80’s favourites seemed a fitting tribute to Volkswagen’s latest commercial vehicle. The Transporters will become part of our courtesy vehicle fleet provided to our customers whose own vehicles are been serviced.

“We hope our customers will have as much fun driving the new vans as we’ve had creating them”. To quote the famous A Team character, Col John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, ‘I love it when a plan comes together’.

The new generation Transporter embodies a new 2.0-litre four-cylinder common rail TDI engine, which offers greater power and torque levels extending service intervals to a maximum of 25,000 miles, reducing running costs.

There are a number of new aesthetic and mechanical features that set new standards of finery plus optional new safety features such as a tyre monitoring system to alert drivers of changes in tyre pressure and ‘side assist’, which warns the driver if there are vehicles in the blindspot.

For more information from the Wayside Van Centre on Bilton Road Bletchley visit http://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/van-centres/wayside/ or phone 01908 366300.

For further information please contact Sue Foster or Becki Oates on 01902 714957 or email sue@connect-group.com / becki@connect-group.com